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    23 KB Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:33 No.3422589  
    Forget your fisticuffs and pugilism!

    Manly fighting with a fine walking-stick is the highest art a gentleman can aspire to.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:36 No.3422609
    "Why sir, have at you!"

    "I think not, dear fellow!"

    "Ha!"

    "Jolly good then!"
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)11:38 No.3422619
    I once built a Spirit of the Century character whose weapon of choice was a Tesla cane.

    I never got the chance to play Professor Maxwell Storm...
    >> Maus !!E/1DGx6ERSC 01/16/09(Fri)11:39 No.3422624
    FUCK YEARH BARTITSU!
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:39 No.3422625
    >>3422619
    I'm outraged for you!
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:40 No.3422633
    >>3422619
    >Tesla cane

    Stopped reading hear due to awesomeness overload.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:40 No.3422635
    Once you've grabbed the guy's wrist and pulled it completely up out of the way, it seems you don't need the cane to win.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:42 No.3422643
    >>3422619

    I'm imagining him being all calmface, then when it's go time he switched the cane on and THE ENDS OF HIS MOUSTACHE SPRING UPRIGHT LIKE A HALF MOON WHILE HIS EYES BLAZE TINY EXPLOSIONS OF LIGHTNING
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:42 No.3422645
    >>3422635
    I probably would've smacked him in the ribs a few times with the cane rather than tripping him.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:42 No.3422646
    >>3422619
    Don't let the dream die!
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:43 No.3422652
    Pentjak Silat ftw.

    Canes and kicks.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:43 No.3422656
    >>3422635
    it's all about the humilliaton, man, just look at him, the guy is sucking the dirt.
    and that's what all true gentlemen strives for.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:44 No.3422660
    Wooo cane fighting. The weapon of true gentleman.

    DID YOU KNOW...
    Sherlock Holmes knew how to cane-fight.
    Cane-fighting is a Portuguese martial art still praticed today, known as "Jogo do Pau" (Stick Game, more or less).
    "Jogo do Pau" is euphemism for sex in some places in Brazil.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:46 No.3422677
    >>3422660
    Okay. Cane-fu equals sex then. That's one more article of proof for cane combat being the highest form of martial arts.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)11:48 No.3422688
    >>3422646
    >>3422643
    >>3422625
    I still have the basics of his stats around, so I will run him eventually once I can get a group together. Unfortunately, only two of the six people I originally had lined up for the group now have any interest in the game.

    It's just as well, I suppose. Professor Storm would have come in later on... I was planning on playing LANCE FLASH, CRUSADER OF REASON first. He was an atheist gunslinger with a pair of ray guns (one heat ray gun for maximum OOOOOLAAAAAH! and one X-ray gun with two settings: "Look through things" and "CANCER!") and a motorcycle he would refer to as his steed. His whole shtick would be that he travels around doing heroic things like some sort of Arthurian knight, but all in the name of Science.

    Tragically, he lacked the wherewithal to actually BE a scientist... He just had absolute faith in it.

    I'm actually moderately pissed that my group flaked out on me.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:53 No.3422714
    >>3422688
    >X-ray gun with two settings: "Look through things" and "CANCER!"

    I laughed so hard I think I may have ruptured something.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)11:56 No.3422745
    Jolly good. I actually made a balanced cane IRL.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)11:58 No.3422754
    >>3422714
    It gets better. Turns out there's a stunt that lets you use any skill while driving while hurting neither that skill nor your driving ability.

    Naturally, I took it so that Lance could stand on his motorcycle, steering/throttling/braking as necessary with his feet, and dual-wield his ray guns all at the same time in the middle of a high-speed chase.
    >> Papa Bear 01/16/09(Fri)11:59 No.3422759
    >Sherlock Holmes knew how to cane-fight.
    He also enjoyed boxing and cocaine.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:03 No.3422777
    >>3422759
    So he did COCAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE?
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:05 No.3422785
    >>3422777
    Yeah, but Holmes injected it like a pussy instead of snorting it off of a hooker's ass.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:05 No.3422789
    >>3422777
    Also Opiiiiuuuuummm but it's not as cool.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)12:06 No.3422798
    >>3422789
    >>3422785
    >>3422777
    Also, so did damn near everybody back then whether they knew it or not.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:07 No.3422804
    >>3422777
    Also Opium.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:08 No.3422806
    >>3422785
    He wasn't into woman, if you catch my drift. wink wink nudge nudge saynomore eh? Say no more?
    get it? get it? Not into woman?
    eh? eh? get it?
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:08 No.3422811
    Hurr Durr Manly manly manly.

    /tg/ is the last place I want to go to to hear about being a gentleman. If it were cheetohs and Mt Dew, I'd trust you guys to discuss it in accurate depth.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:10 No.3422823
    >>3422811
    You're no fun. NO FUN I SAY.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:12 No.3422838
    >>3422823
    You're gay. GAY I SAY
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:15 No.3422855
    >>3422811
    I deeply dislike Cheetoes and Mountain Dew. The latter is swill, the former just bland. And why would you want that cheese dust everywhere?
    >> Maus !!E/1DGx6ERSC 01/16/09(Fri)12:15 No.3422857
    >>3422838
    *eyeroll*

    I knew I shouldn't have gone to /tg/ today...
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:16 No.3422860
    >>3422838
    I'm not gay, I just like to pretend to be a manly gentleman.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)12:16 No.3422864
    >>3422855
    I find that a hemostat comes in handy for eating Cheetoes without spreading the dust everywhere. Of course, hemostats are surprisingly handy for all sorts of things...
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:16 No.3422867
    >>3422759
    ...also he did morphine, was a chemist (SCIENCE!) and didn't knew that the Earth revolves around the sun.
    >> Maus !!E/1DGx6ERSC 01/16/09(Fri)12:17 No.3422871
    >>3422838

    Brace for the artrollery bombardment.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:17 No.3422879
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    It's like I'm a real gentleman, with a beard an' EVERYTHING!
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:18 No.3422884
    >>3422867
    Well when you're THAT stoned you probably wouldn't remember stuff like that
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:22 No.3422910
    >>3422867
    And he was an asshole sometimes . Over all Sherlock was a cool guy - not a goody to shoes two dimensional character that most people think he was
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:23 No.3422924
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    SCIENCE!
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:23 No.3422926
    We're fa/tg/uys. We love everything that we are furthest from.
    >> Catachan Jungle Fighter 01/16/09(Fri)12:26 No.3422945
    >>3422910
    He loved to dick around with the police dudes.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:26 No.3422951
    >>3422910
    and he was an atheist.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:27 No.3422956
    >>3422910

    He was pretty awesome. You got the impression half the time that he wasn't solving mysteries because it would help people, he was solving them because it interested him.
    >> expendable guardsmen 01/16/09(Fri)12:28 No.3422961
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    >>3422759
    I DO DEEEEEEETECTIVE WORK
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:28 No.3422965
    >>3422956
    >You got the impression half the time that he wasn't solving mysteries because it would help people, he was solving them because it interested him.

    Holmes = House
    Watson = Wilson
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:31 No.3422979
    >>3422785
    You sir are awsome. That mental image alone made my day.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:33 No.3422995
    This is now a Holmes thread.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)12:33 No.3422996
    >>3422965
    Congrats. You've just grasped the entire goddamn point of the show.
    >> Catachan Jungle Fighter 01/16/09(Fri)12:33 No.3422998
    >>3422965
    NO SHIT SHERLOCK.

    Did you know House's adress is BAKER STREET?

    SHERLOCK HOLMES
    GREGORY HOUSE
    HOMES
    HOUSE.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:34 No.3423004
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    >>3422965

    Yeah, that's pretty explicit. Not even "there are a lot of similarities," more "here's the pitch; we're going to do Sherlock Holmes, as a modern-day doctor solving MEDICAL mysteries!"
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:34 No.3423006
    >>3422811
    >>3422838
    >>3422879
    >>3422924
    We like the physical attire and appeal of dapper gentlemen - we are not dapper gentlemen ourselves and none of us have the qualities to be one.
    We fantacise. It's what we do.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:37 No.3423018
    >>3423004
    Isn't that Diagnosis: Murder?
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)12:39 No.3423037
    >>3423018
    No, that was a doctor solving non-medical mysteries. House is built on the Sherlock Holmes formula with most characters having a counterpart to Sherlock Holmes characters.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:44 No.3423073
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    Something more /tg/ related - Holmes in your game system - not a stat me thread (please?) but how would you use the Holmes theme to build a PC/NPC in your game
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:47 No.3423094
    >>3423006
    Exactly. Everything in /tg/ is founded on escapism of one sort or another. If the concept has appeal and enough immersion to mentally depart from the boring and unspiring lives we lead, we'll hit it. It applies to even as obscure things as meatbread - I strongly doubt most of the regulars here have even bothered to try the damn thing, but the sheer manly and stupid and far-out of it is, in all it's triviality, a quantum leap (hurhur) from mash, peas and meatloaf.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)12:48 No.3423100
    >>3423073
    One of the key things to remember is that every Holmes needs a Watson. While Holmes is hot shit and knows it (and thus can get overconfident, arrogant, and outright dickish at times), Watson is quite brilliant in his own right but exists within the shadow of Holmes.

    Therefore, the Watson of your game must climb on top of your Holmes and use a magic sword to find the magic weak point on him, then slay Holmes.

    Barring that, you could just run off the interplay of a brilliant-yet-arrogant man and his almost-as-brilliant friend whose input and opinion is trusted (and will even occasionally be correct where Holmes missteps).

    That's the core required element, really.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:50 No.3423113
    >>3423073
    Implementing detective work is hard. For me, leaving it to rolling is bloody boring, while I've never succeeded in laying out the pieces of the "puzzle" according to the rolls and having the players deduct their meaning. It's always "meh, I dunno" in one way or another.
    >> Maus !!E/1DGx6ERSC 01/16/09(Fri)12:51 No.3423125
    >>3423100
    You're now thinking of ORKZON and HOLMZ.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:53 No.3423134
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    And when under aggression by ruthless ruffians.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:53 No.3423138
    >>3423073

    No player is smart enough to be Holmes. Keep him as an NPC. Someone the players might go to for advice, but he'll be too busy to help directly.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:54 No.3423141
    >>3422624
    I would just like to take the time to second this statement.

    FUCK YEARH BARTITSU!
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)12:54 No.3423144
    >>3423100
    Also one must remember that Watson excels in fields in which Holmes has no expertise at all - he is more humane and has more empathy than Holmes, he was quite successfully with women , he was an ex soldier, a medic and was quite fit physically .
    >> Catachan Jungle Fighter-now Chaos Commissar for the 'Calm Chaos Marines'. 01/16/09(Fri)12:56 No.3423153
    Gentlemen & Ruffians, the victorian roleplaying game.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)12:57 No.3423159
    >>3423134
    Oddly enough, sword canes are vastly inferior to regular canes in their martial applications, as they lack the mass and strength to be used effectively for any form of attack other than a thrust. Also, the use of a cane in self defense is less likely to end up sticking you with a legal headache depending on your local government's laws regarding concealed weapons and the classification of sword canes. Also, some communities are more strict than others in the jury room when determining whether or not excessive force was applied.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:00 No.3423176
    I prefer the Bludgeony Caneshovel.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:04 No.3423203
    >>3423153
    Holy shit, would play forever, goddamn that sounds awesome. Victorian gents in tophats versus crate-carrying scouser dockworkas'.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:04 No.3423204
    BOWLER HAT AND TWEED IS ALL THE ARMOR A MAN OF CONVICTION NEEDS
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:06 No.3423216
    >>3423159
    Who says you have to use the blade in the fight? You could just beat him down, then take it out and impale him.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)13:07 No.3423223
    >>3423203
    Not to mention the Spring-Heeled Jack, Jack the Ripper, and Sweeney Todd among a veritable rogues gallery of villains lifted from the pages of penny dreadfuls.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:07 No.3423224
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    Canefighting. For when the negroes get uppity.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:10 No.3423254
    >>3423203
    You're in a 10 feet by 10 feet alley. There's a dockworker guarding a crate of fine tobacco.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:11 No.3423262
    >>3423223
    If I had any idea on how to write a system, I'd be on this idea like salami on pizza. I really want to play it now, goddamn. Canefighting with thugs on the streets of London by gas-lanternlight!
    OHGAWDICAME
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)13:12 No.3423282
    >>3423262
    Well, there IS Victoriana.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:13 No.3423286
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    >>3423153
    I fucking love the victorian era-add some /x/ stuff and your golden

    pic related
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:14 No.3423291
    >>3423282
    Never heard of it. Is it any good?
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:15 No.3423300
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    Cane fighting sounds awesome.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:15 No.3423307
    GENTLEMEN AND GOBLINS

    WHERE VICTORIAN MEN OF CALIBRE REPEL THE UNENDING SUPERNATURAL FEY INVASION WITH THEIR STRENGTH AND BREEDING
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:15 No.3423310
    >>3423300
    I was just waiting for some fag to post that.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)13:16 No.3423311
    >>3423291
    I'm not terribly impressed with the rule set, honestly. The difficulty is that so much depends on what aspect of the era you want to focus on and how realistic or how pulpy you want to get.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:16 No.3423320
    Why not just stick with Spirit of the Century?
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)13:18 No.3423333
    >>3423320
    That would work just fine for some of the pulpier elements of a Victorian RPG, but suppose you wanted some gothic horror of a non-supernatural nature, eh? SotC wouldn't work out so well for that.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:18 No.3423338
    >>3423310
    He might find it funny that you are samefagging
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:19 No.3423348
    >>3423224

    That's not how he looked at all. ):
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:20 No.3423351
    Just use Spirit of the Century and avoid some of the more pulpy tech things.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)13:22 No.3423367
    >>3423351
    Which still leaves you with some surprisingly durable characters. Kinda hard for Mr. Todd to have any real menace when PC's can thoroughly trounce such characters with ease.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:22 No.3423368
    >>3423333
    You want Victorian horror, go Call of Cthulhu.
    You want Victorian pulp, go Spirit of the Century.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:22 No.3423369
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    >>3423307
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:24 No.3423390
    >>3423367
    Mister Todd would be just as durable.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)13:28 No.3423413
    >>3423390
    1 Mr. Todd, armed only with straight razors and really only lethal when he has the element of surprise. 3-5 PCs, each likely armed with anything from bludgeons to pistols and ready for some form of conflict to arise.

    Not hard to see that this wouldn't exactly be all that fun in SotC. Don't get me wrong... I LOVE Spirit of the Century's rule set. I just don't think it would quite work for this specific application.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:36 No.3423455
    >>3423368
    >You want Victorian pulp, go Spirit of the Century.

    "The Victorian era of the United Kingdom was the period of Queen Victoria's rule from June 1837 to January 1901."

    Spirit of the Century doesn't even start until after The Great War is over. It's set in the 20's. It's not Victorian. It's not even Edwardian.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)13:37 No.3423462
    >>3423455
    No, but it is dead easy to adapt the rule set as required. The game's fluff does a surprisingly good job of being both compelling and optional.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:54 No.3423556
    >>3422619
    Oh god, I'm so making one in real life. It shouldn't be that hard with stungun and flash camera circuits

    The french canefighting martial art is called La Canne.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:54 No.3423558
    >>3423291 here.
    I downloaded and flipped through SotC's manual, and I love the rule-system. Very roleplay friendly, and the combat system doesn't seem that bad either, although I could ask for more plus-and-minus-on-rolls-skills, but I'm looking forward to trying this out!
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)13:57 No.3423575
    >>3423413
    You never really saw Mr. Todd taking on five well-armed men in an open fight.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)14:07 No.3423634
    >>3423575
    Are you suggesting that perhaps Mr. Todd needn't trouble himself with stealth on account of his ability to slay at will?
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:23 No.3423738
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    By E.W. Barton-Wright
    From Pearson’s Magazine, 11 (February 1901), 195-204.

    No. 1 -- The Safest Way to Meet an Attack with a Spiked Staff or Long Stick when you are only Armed with an Ordinary Walking Stick.
    The first photograph shows the most dangerous mode of attack with a long stick, and also the best position to adopt in order to meet such an attack with safety.
    It will be seen that the figure on the right is exposing his body in order to insure his adversary attacking him there, and to be prepared with an immediate defence.
    Directly the man with the alpenstock attempts to bayonette him, he diverts the blow by turning sideways, and making a circular downward cut, which hits the alpenstock and causes it to glide slightly upwards and sideways -- a guard known in sword play as "Septime envelopé." The moment the blow has been diverted, the man with the stick must seize the alpenstock with his left hand, and, stepping in, strike his assailant a blow across the face.
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    No. 2. An Effective Way to Defend Oneself with a Hooked Stick when Attacked by a Man Armed with an Ordinary Straight Stick.
    A stick with a curved handle, forming a roomy crook, although hardly so effective as a stick with a heavy knob on top for striking purposes, is a most serviceable weapon in the hands of an expert in the art of stick-play.
    Having guarded a blow with a hooked stick, it is a comparatively simple matter to hook an assailant in such a way that he is easily pulled off his balance. With a little practice it becomes easy to make sure of hooking a man firmly by the neck or leg.
    Suppose, for instance, that a man carrying a crooked stick is suddenly attacked by an assailant armed with an ordinary straight stick. Here is a very pretty way to overthrow the assailant:
    In the first place, the man with the hooked stick should hold his hand and stick high up, and well on one side, so as not to run any risk of being hit on the fingers.
    By doing this, he purposely exposes his head to attack. Knowing, therefore, that his opponent is sure to strike at his head, he is prepared for a quick guard. The attacker delivers his blow and is received upon the stick; but before he has time to recover himself, and get into a position of defence, the other suddenly ducks and hooks him by the foot, on the outer side of the ankle, bringing him to the ground by pulling his legs apart.
    The assailant is then at the mercy of the man he has attacked, who can choose any part of his body on which to administer punishment.
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    No. 3. -- The Best Way to Disable a Man who Tries to Rush You, and get under your Guard, in order to Prevent You Hitting him with a Hooked Stick.
    The first photograph shows the best position to adopt in order to meet a sudden spring and prevent an assailant from seizing your stick.
    As a feint, you make a slightly threatening motion with your left hand, as though you intended to seize the left hand of your assailant, in order to belabor him with your stick. The object of this feint is only to engage your adversary's attention, and make him look at your left hand whilst you suddenly dart your right arm froward, and hook him by the neck in the crook of your stick. Directly you have hooked him, bend your knees well so as to throw the whole weight of your body upon him, whilst you pull him with his face towards the ground.
    When you have pulled him down sufficiently far to prevent him recovering his balance quickly, let go your stick, and seize him by the shoulders, as shown in photo No. 4, being careful to keep your feet well out of reach of his hands, so as not to give him the opportunity of throwing you backwards. Then, with a sudden jerk, pull him forwards, and simultaneously jumping close into him, strike him with your knee in the face.
    It is necessary to be very careful when practising this trick, as the slightest blow with the knee in a person's face is sufficient to break a nose and several teeth.
    Of course the reader will understand that in any method of self-defence it is necessary to know how to maintain the proper distance between yourself and your assailant, in order to deliver a coup-de-grâce with effect and certainty. This knowledge, together with the confidence, dash, and savoir-faire that are so essential, can only be acquired by practice; but, when once gained, it is never lost.
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    No. 4. -- How to Use a Walking-Stick as a Weapon in a Crowd.
    It will be understood that it is quite impossible to swing a stick in a crowd, owing to want of elbow room; and so, in order to get elbow room and free scope to hit, you proceed as follows: --
    Hold your stick, more or less in a line with your hips, and proceed, as in the second photograph, to lunge to your left, holding the end of the stick in your right hand, and letting it slide through your left, in order to be able to guide it with certainty.
    Lunging at the body of the nearest man on your left, you disable him, and cause him to retreat precipitously. In doing so, he involuntarily forces back those in his immediate neighborhood. You then turn on your heels, and bayonette the nearest man on your right, this time holding the end of your stick in your left hand, and guiding it through your right. Directly you have bayonetted him, and caused him to force back others in his attempt to escape, you make a quarter turn on your heels, and bayonette the man behind you.
    After this, seeing another man close to him with his legs slightly apart, you make a dive with your stick between his legs, and upset him. Take one step backwards, and you should now have sufficient room to swing your stick to right and left across people's faces and heads until they disperse.
    >> BowlerHatMan !!hZDPsoEDBxR 01/16/09(Fri)14:27 No.3423777
    >>3423756
    >>3423751
    >>3423738
    How, then, might one defend one's self against a man armed with a banana?
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:29 No.3423784
    >>3423777
    Don't be silly.
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:31 No.3423794
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    No. 5. -- A very Simple Way to Protect Yourself with a Hooked Walking Stick against a Boxer.
    When carrying a hooked stick, here is a very simple way to protect yourself against the attack of an unarmed assailant.
    Hold your stick behind you, as seen in the first photograph, so as to run no risk of the stick-arm being seized. Bend your left arm with the inside of the left hand facing outwards in order to protect yourself from a kick at the hip, or a blow from the fist at your face or ribs.
    In the photographs it will be seen that the boxer has chosen the attack at his opponent's face. To meet such an attack safely, you must put your head well on ones side, and bend both your knees very considerably at the moment when the boxer leads off, so as to get well under his guard. Directly you receive the blow upon your arm, you must straighten your knees, and so throw up the boxer's arm, and make him lose his balance, which prevents him from using his right fist upon your ribs.
    You have now the opportunity, and plenty of time, to hook him by the ankle with your stick, as seen in the second photograph. Having so hooked his foot, pull his legs apart, and bring him to the ground, when you can apply the stick where and how you please.
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:32 No.3423805
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    No. 6. -- How to Overcome the Advantage of an Assailant who Attacks You with a Stout Stick when You are Carrying only a Light Cane.
    When threatened with an attack from an assailant who is armed with a superior stick to your own, it is wise to attack him before he realises that he has you at a disadvantage.
    To do so to the best effect you should lead off with aright-handed blow at your assailant's head, thereby forcing him to guard high. At the same moment you should jump in one movement from the position shown by the figure to the left of photo No. 2 to the position shown by the same figure in photo No. 3 -- a very simple and easy movement. In making this spring you must be careful to keep your head down and on one side.
    As soon as you are in the position shown in photo No. 3, without making any attempt to lift your adversary in order to throw him, simply strike your knee smartly against the back of his knee; this will have the effect of knocking his leg from beneath him. As he reels about on his left leg trying to regain his balance, put plenty of force into your left arm, and throw him upon the back of his head. He will immediately put out both his hands to try to break his fall, and in so doing will drop his stick.
    In this way you accomplish your purpose and disarm your adversary. You can now give him his coup-de-grâce as you please. The surest way is to deal him a blow across his ankle or just below the knee.
    I must caution anyone who attempts this trick upon a friend to be very gentle when pushing with the left arm to effect the throw, otherwise it is likely that the friend upon whom the experiment is tried will be rendered unconscious or otherwise seriously injured. The throw described is a very strong and dangerous one if properly delivered.
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:32 No.3423809
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    No. 7. -- Another Way, when Armed with a Light Cane, to Disarm and Overpower an Opponent who carries a Superior Stick.
    Suppose once again that, when carrying only a light cane, you are attacked by an assailant armed with a stronger and more serviceable stick. In order to rob him of his advantage you immediately proceed as described in the last example by aiming a high blow at your opponent's head, thus causing him to guard high.
    Now spring in one bound under his guard to the position shown in photo No. 2. Passing your left hand over his right forearm, placing your right hand against his wrist, and at the same time seizing your own right wrist in your left hand, you thus firmly "lock" your adversary's arm. All this is done without loosening the hold upon your own stick, and without seizing your opponent's arm in any way with your hand -- yet the lock is so powerful that the strongest man would be a child in your hands when you properly apply the leverage you may obtain from this position.
    To apply the leverage correctly, you should force your opponent's elbow towards you with your left arm, and at the same time force his right hand downwards and from you, with the "lock" formed by your left hand in holding your right wrist.
    The pain and strain from this grip is so excruciating that your opponent will fall upon his back, only too thankful thus to escape the danger of a broken arm. He is then at your mercy, and you may apply your stick or your foot, as circumstances may dictate.
    This, and the preceding method of self-defense with a walking-stick, may be practised upon a swordsman armed with a sword or a dagger with absolute certainty of success. Personally, I have tried one or other of these examples time after time against good swordsmen, and have never failed to bring the trick through successfully. Of course, your success, or otherwise, will depend to some extent upon the quickness, dash, and power with which you execute the assault.
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:33 No.3423816
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    No. 8. -- One of the Best Ways to Meet a Direct Attack upon the Head with a very Heavy Stick when Armed with an Ordinary Stick.
    The first photograph shows a man armed with a heavy stick in the act of striking at the head of a man armed with a walking-stick. The latter is standing in the double-handed position of guard; and it will be noticed that in holding his weapon he places his hands so that the back of his left hand is on the side nearest his face, and the back of his right hand on the side farthest from his face; in other words, the positions of his hands are reversed.
    Directly the assailant delivers his blow, the man with the walking-stick slides his stick through his right hand until has hands meet, and then twists the stick without altering his hold in any way so that his right hand passes over his left. In this position, with his wrists crossed, he holds the stick above his head, to receive the downward cut delivered by his adversary.
    Directly he has guarded the blow, and so broken the force of it, letting go the stick with the left hand, with this hand he seizes the assailant's staff. Retaining hold of the stick with his right hand, the man attacked may then break his opponent's wrist with a heavy blow, as seen in Photograph No. 3. Another method is to let the blow fall across the assailant's kneecap, as seen in photograph No. 4.
    Still another way to proceed is for the man attacked to continue to use his own weapon with both hands, and to deliver a heavy blow across his adversary's face, as shown in the last photograph.
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:33 No.3423820
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    No. 9. -- A very Serviceable Way to Disable a Taller Man than Yourself when Opposed to Him under Unequal Conditions.
    Directly you have had time to catch your opponent's eye and judge your striking distance, you must expose your head, either by slightly lowering your guard, or by holding your hand and stick well on one side, so as to invite an attack on your head. You must rely on your own quickness to protect your head when the blow falls.
    Directly your opponent sees the opening, he will lead off at your head. You protect yourself by receiving the blow upon your stick, as seen in the first photograph. Then, without losing any time, drop into the next position, and bayonette your assailant over the heart.
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:34 No.3423828
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    No. 10. -- Example of a very Pretty Guard and Counter-blow when an Assailant Directs a Blow at your Head with a Stick.
    When an assailant attempts to strike you on the head with his stick, you may receive the blow upon your stick by bringing your hand right across your face, and holding it well on the left side of your head with the back of your hand outwards, facing your opponent. Your stick should point slightly downwards to prevent your opponent's stick sliding down yours, and striking you on the fingers. The moment you have done this you step slightly towards your opponent's right side with your right foot, and describe a circular right to left back-handed cut across his face, which should be sufficient to prevent him troubling you any further.
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:35 No.3423830
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    No. 11. -- An Example of the Double-Handed Guard in Combination with Ambi-Dexterity.
    In this example the man on the left in the photograph is seen taking up the double handed guard, but his assailant refuses to accept the invitation at his body, although it is exposed -- instead of this he aims a blow at the left wrist, or the left side of the head. On this the man with the double-handed guard, in order to avoid being hit upon the fingers, lets go of the left-hand end of his stick, and swings his left hand behind him -- a movement which automatically imparts the initial movement for a right-handed blow. This he delivers across his opponent's wrist, which he would thus break, just as the assailant is in the act of striking.
    >> Anónimo 01/16/09(Fri)14:36 No.3423839
    No. 12. -- Another Example of the Double-Handed Guard in Combination with Ambi-Dexterity.
    In this example, the defender, as in No. 11, invites an attack at his body by guarding his head in an exaggerated way, and so exposing his body. His opponent immediately attempts to take advantage of the opening by striking at the exposed body, when the other simply draws his left foot towards his right, and so retires out of striking distance of his adversary. Then, by releasing his hold on the stick down heavily with his left upon his assailant's head, as seen in the lowest photograph.

    Concluding Note.
    With reference to the short description of walking-stick play, and the tricks described in this and the preceding number of Pearson's, I may state that the art of self-defence with a walking-stick is particularly adapted to conditions where a man is attacked by more than one person. It can be readily acquired, either by men or women, and when once mastered would enable you to defend yourself, with absolute safety, against a knife, boxing, savate, etc. The more dangerous methods have not been shown.
    Besides being a most useful and practical accomplishment, this new art of self-defence with a walking-stick is to be recommended as a most exhilarating and graceful exercise.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:36 No.3423841
    I'm SO going to have a cane when I get old.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:37 No.3423851
    >>3423841
    I have one now.
    Im 21.
    dont wait untill your old and need it to walk.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:39 No.3423856
    Arcanum has a tesla staff, which is a cane that shoots lightning.

    It uses batteries and is AWESOME.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:43 No.3423884
    >>3423841
    I'm going to have a hammer. It's way more cool.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:45 No.3423894
    >>3423884

    I'm going to have a cane that uses a hammer as the handle.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:48 No.3423905
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    Let's try a sport for real men, shall we?
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:50 No.3423912
    >>3423884
    >>3423894

    I'm gonna get a hammer that uses a cane as a handle
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:52 No.3423919
    >>3423894
    I am going to get a cane with a stylish shovel blade. It will be great for splicing heads of the unruly.
    >> Papa Bear 01/16/09(Fri)14:52 No.3423923
    >>3423905
    Personally I'm interested in that secret sex paradise.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:54 No.3423930
    >>3423919

    I'm going to get a cane that is actually a short halberd with a knob instead of a stabby bit.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:55 No.3423938
    >>3423144

    Watson totally bagged the babes him and Holmes met.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:57 No.3423949
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    I like a nice hook-handled cane myself, like the one in the pictures, but perhaps a little more gaudy.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:57 No.3423950
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    >>3422589
    Isn't this picture of like baka or whatever the Irish martial art is? I know we cane fight. Lemme see.
    Wiki says it's called Bata. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bata_(martial_arts)

    check dat out
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:58 No.3423958
    >>3423950

    Irish martial art?

    There is a set of words I never thought I'd see together.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)14:59 No.3423963
    >>3423950

    HOLY SHIT IS THAT A INQUISITOR TECHPRIEST
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)15:00 No.3423970
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    The cane is for pansies.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)15:01 No.3423976
    >>3423958

    Don't read too much into it. They get drunk and beat each other with sticks.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)15:01 No.3423979
    >>3423970

    Imagine a steel-bound cane colliding with your skull.

    NOT SO MANLY NOW ARE YOU
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)15:06 No.3424007
    >>3423976

    I was about to make a joke in that regard. Bless the Irish for actually being that way.
    >> Anonymous 01/16/09(Fri)15:32 No.3424210
    >>3423970
    that defeats the entire point of stick fighting...

    ...enjoy getting arrested by cops for having a real weapon on you.
    >> Drawde 01/16/09(Fri)15:33 No.3424223
    Hazekillers were here.
    Mistborn are faggots.
    >> TheRandomGuardsman 01/16/09(Fri)19:51 No.3425933
    This thread is quite good


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